FDA authorizes Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccines for children 6 months and older

Macías: We must vaccinate everyone because the covid will not go away 2:43 (CNN) — The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended this Friday the emergency use authorizations for vaccines against covid-19 from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech to include children from 6 months. Moderna’s vaccine is now licensed for use in children 6 months to 5 years and Pfizer’s for children 6 months to 4 years. However, they cannot be administered until the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s own vaccine advisers have voted whether to recommend them, which is scheduled to happen this Saturday, and that the director of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, has approved the recommendation. The White House has said that the vaccines can begin next week. What will Biden do to protect children under 5 against covid? 2:03 “Many parents, caregivers and doctors have been waiting for a vaccine for younger children and this action will help protect those under 6 months of age. “As we have seen with older age groups, we hope that vaccines for younger children will provide protection against the most serious outcomes of COVID-19, such as hospitalization and death,” Dr. Robert said in a news release. FDA Commissioner M. Califf Biden receives his second booster dose against covid-19 1:30 “Those entrusted with the care of children can have confidence in the safety and efficacy of these covid-19 vaccines. 19 and you can rest assured that the agency was thorough in its evaluation of the data,” Califf added. Pfizer’s vaccine was already licensed for children 5 years and older and approved for people 16 years and older. Moderna’s vaccine it was already authorized for people over the age of 18. FDA vaccine advisers voted Tuesday to expand that authorization to include people ages 6 to 17, but the FDA has not acted on that recommendation.